Apply economic principles such as opportunity cost,
price incentives, voluntary exchange, and the benefits of specialization: Comprehensive Website: http://www.ff4kids.com/NonKS%20TGs/USTG3-5.pdf
http://www.congressforkids.net/ : Comprehensive website on Congress and the Constitution with Quizzes and Links to all the Branches of Government: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
A Great Teacher Website for Social Studies divided by the 9 weeks with games and more:
1st Nine Weeks2nd Nine Weeks
3rd Nine Weeks
Social Studies Online Quiz
http://www.sheknows.com/quizzes/grade-4-social-studies-quizEncounters with People from Europe, Africa, and the Americas
- http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss5/b/colslavetrl.cfm : Lesson
- http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/term/matchgeneric2.asp?filename=cchamberslave : Game
- Native American Wiki
- http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=native-american-regions : Native American Regions
- http://www.bigorrin.org/creek_kids.htm Georgia Native American Study Guide
- http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz3534492876440.html Native American Quiz
- https://jeopardylabs.com/play/5-regions-of-georgia-habitat-test : Jeopardy Game on the 5 Regions of Georgia
American Democracy in the New NationKing George III, George Washington, Arnold, Patrick Henry: American Revolution Quiz
Benjamin Franklin, George WashingtonThomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison: Constitutional Convention Quiz
Which Finding Father Games: http://www.quia.com/jfc/66323.html http://www.quia.com/mc/66323.html
http://www.quia.com/ws/66323.html
Lewis and Clark: Westward American Expansion Game
Economic Concepts
Apply economic principles such as opportunity cost,
price incentives, voluntary exchange, and the benefits of specialization: Comprehensive Website:
http://www.ff4kids.com/NonKS%20TGs/USTG3-5.pdf
Students will analyze the ways that technological advances (steamboat, steam
locomotives, telegraph) affected life in early America: Prezi: http://prezi.com/ycpysmmdzgjr/fourth-grade-westward-expansionsteam-locomotive/
Westward Expansion Inventions website, Lesson: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss5/b/ecotech19l.cfm
Discuss and explain the terms “specialization” and
“standard of living.” Lesson: https://www.myhaikuclass.com/brendayoung/economics/cms_page/view/163560
More Social Studies Resources
For Teachers:
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss4.cfm#3.
For Students:
This site helps you fill in the chart at the top of your page-it's a clickable map. You have to click on the state to find out information: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm
This site answers: question 3 (Geography), question 4 (Religion), & question 5 (Economy): http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13regions/
Interactive Map of Landforms: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g2_u2/index.html#top
This site answers: question 2 (reasons the colonies were founded) & question 5 (describe the economy): http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm
These sites are harder, but they answer question number 6 about slavery & no other site does (they answer other questions more in depth) Also, they discuss religion really well :
New England- http://13coloniesproject.wikispaces.com/New+England+Colonies
Middle- http://13coloniesproject.wikispaces.com/Middle+Colonies
Southern- http://13coloniesproject.wikispaces.com/Southern+Colonies
These sites answer everything:
New England information:
http://www.landofthebrave.info/new-england-colonies.htm
Middle Colonies information:
http://www.landofthebrave.info/middle-colonies.htm
Southern Colonies information:
http://www.landofthebrave.info/southern-colonies.htm